a bit of soap opera rambling

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Yes, I do enjoy the soaps. And occasionally I'll go on a rant about them.

I've watched Days of Our Lives during my lunch hour off and on over the years. Usually flipping back and forth with All My Children. Over the years DOOL had become progressively worse and worse: stupid stories that stretched on and on with little to no movement, horrendous dialog, and outrageous plot twists that didn't weren't entertaining. The head writer was finally relieved of his duties and the new one (Hogan Sheffer) has been on board for a month. It's been an exciting change. The stories are moving along. The characters say things that make sense. Character all over the canvas are interacting with each other. It's turned into a show that I look forward to because I'm anxious to see things unfold next. It's genuinely turned into a show I find entertaining.

Sadly, All My Children continues to spiral in the other direction. This used to be such a great show, with good characters, meaningful stories, and a sense of history. All of that has been trashed. Every so often, I tune in for a minute and I'm met with characters I don't recognize played by actors who aren't very good. And even the longtime characters have become unrecognizable due to the flagrant character assassination of the writing. Megan McTavish should be run out of town for what she's done to this show. All soaps go through peaks and valleys, but this is beyond that. AMC been reduced to an embarrassing shambles of a production and I can't believe that McTavish and those above her at the network are still employed.

Longtime veteran Julia Barr (Brooke) has chosen not to renew her contract when it's up at the end of this year. Publicly, she's always been very professional--even as she's moved so far to the back burner that she's barely on the stove. Her parting shot in the announcement that she would not be continuing with the show?: "I'm so proud to have been a part of a show that was once a television icon." You go Julia. I'm cheering you from the sidelines and I wish you the best of luck.

DOOL has made a fabulous turnaround and is my show of choice. AMC is off my radar now. If TPTB at ABC were smart (they're not) they'll notice that they're turning into roadkill being left to rot on the side the highway and do something about it.

Comments

[themusesbitch.livejournal.com]

I stopped watching both All My Children and One Life to Live months ago because they became completely unwatchable - boring plots, overloading the canvas with new characters and letting the beloved ones either languish or become unrecongizeable... oddly, during the same timespan, General Hospital, my biggest "decline of a former icon" disappointment, has been having a renaissance.

[rgreeneyes.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on GH. I've really been enjoying it.

[rgreeneyes.livejournal.com]

DOOL has been all over the place. So many people just left, and there are new faces for old characters. I am interested to see how the new writer changes things.

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

So far, I like what he's doing. Conversations seem to make sense. I can't remember the last time we saw a character talking out loud to him/herself. And even if I don't like what a character is doing, in many cases I least understand why they're doing it. And, best of all, nieces (Chelsea, Stephanie) and uncles (Max) aren't dating each other any more!

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

You might check out DOOL. A couple of ABC refugees are there--Stephen Nichols who was on GH for awhile is back as Steve, and James Scott (Ethan, AMC) is shaping up to be a fabulous villain in Salem.

[rgreeneyes.livejournal.com]

yeah it was interesting that the only girls Max could fall for were ones related to his adopted family. Even though they aren't related by blood I can't imagine that they would really want to date their uncle. :(

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

Apparently number 1 on Hogan Sheffer's agenda was putting an end to the within-family dating. His illustrative comment was that if he were to attempt to date his adopted niece, his brother would stab him in the head with an ice pick. Hee!

[rgreeneyes.livejournal.com]

I read that. lol It looks like they are leaning him towards Abby and Shauns wife, can't think of her name all of a sudden

[rgreeneyes.livejournal.com]

yeah I've watched DOOL off and on for a few decades.

[adrililith.livejournal.com]

Oh! I didn't know Stephen Nichols was back. I watched DooL for years and then stopped a couple years ago.

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

It's worth checking out again. It's definitely improved and improving.

[datawhorevoyeur.livejournal.com]

That icon goes fabulously with your comment.

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